Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Creative Media Practice

School of Design

Location: Greenwich Campus
Salary: £36,333 to £52,841 plus £3953 London weighting
Contract Type: Permanent
Release Date: Thursday 11 May 2023
Closing Date: Thursday 08 June 2023
Interview Date: To be confirmed
Reference: 3894

We seek a Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Creative Media Practice to join Media Academic Portfolio of Programmes, within the School of Design, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Greenwich, London. This is a unique opportunity to join a London-based creative school with a vision to impact the world by focusing on sustainable development goals and addressing diversity and inclusion issues. 

We are looking for an enthusiastic candidate with broad creative and professional experience who is ready to share their knowledge with students who are at the start of their professional journey. Our students aspire to be media practitioners, visual communicators and creative thinkers. Initially, the position offers the opportunity to join the teaching team for our BA Media and Communications programme to lead its Creative Media Practice strand, but it also offers opportunities for teaching at other programmes within Media Portfolio, including BA Creative Advertisement and Artistic Direction, MA Media and Creative Cultures and MA Digital Arts, as well as cross-disciplinary teaching within the School of Design.

The successful candidate’s duties will involve teaching in various settings – predominantly face-to-face seminars, studio and workshop, supported by some online delivery; design, delivery and assessment of learning; pastoral and academic support to students, including supervising undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations. The post holder will take on the responsibility of Module Leader, undertaking the associated administration and quality assurance related to the delivery of specified modules. The successful candidate will engage in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF); Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF); professional practice across the subject area, and contribute to the School’s research profile.

The successful candidate will hold a PhD in a related discipline (or near completion).

With a brand-new University of Greenwich #Strategy 2021-2030 focusing on Student Success; Inclusivity and Culture; Global Research & Knowledge Exchange Impact, and Connected and Sustainable Campuses, we are excited that the School of Design is expanding to the future. We put EDI, entrepreneurship and innovation at the centre of our practices and bring together Science, Architecture, Design, and Media subjects in response to the increasing demand for creative thinkers in the ever-growing creative industries and rapidly expanding circular economy. #ThisIsOurTime

Should you have any queries, please contact the Academic Portfolio Leader in Media Dr Maria Korolkova m.korolkova@gre.ac.uk or HR on hrsr-fach@greenwich.ac.uk.   

We are looking for people who can help us deliver our mission of transforming lives through inspired teaching and research, through our values.  

Academic Career Pathways 

The university welcomes people from diverse and underrepresented communities who can help the university to achieve its mission. 

We do this through taking positive action such as encouraging applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, disabled and LGBT+ people. As part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Time to Change Employer Pledge/Mentally Healthy Universities, we are committed to promoting and supporting the physical and mental health of all our staff, and removing barriers to improve inclusion. 

We encourage applicants to disclose experience of mental health problems so we can support them fully during our recruitment process and make any necessary reasonable adjustments. Any information disclosed will be kept confidential and separate from the job application form. 

We are making significant strides to understand and continuously improve our employees’ experience and we are committed to implementing progressive diversity talent management.

Further details: Job Description & Person Specification    

We aim to be an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.